Guidance

eDelivery is a network of nodes for digital communication. It is based on a distributed model where every participant becomes a node using standard transport protocols and security policies.

eDelivery helps public administrations to exchange electronic data and documents with other public administrations, businesses and citizens, in an interoperable, secure, reliable and trusted way.

eDelivery is one of the Digital Europe building blocks. These building blocks are reusable specifications, software and services that will form part of a wide variety of IT systems in different policy domains of the EU.

eDelivery is based on the AS4 messaging protocol, open and free for all, developed by the OASIS standards development organisation. To ease its adoption in Europe, eDelivery uses the AS4 implementation guidelines defined by the Member States in the e-SENS Large Scale Pilot and then further updated by the European Commission since taking them over in 2014. Organisations must install an Access Point, or use a Service Provider, to exchange information with the AS4 messaging protocol.